06/17/2021 21:40
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 06/18/2021 1:38 AM
The Government of Salta had its
first resignation
on
Thursday
amid the political crisis due to the visit of Alberto Fernández and the rudeness and protests at the commemorative events for the bicentennial of Güemes' death.
This is
Francisco Aguilar
, who resigned to the presidency of the Emergency Operating Committee (COE) with
strong criticism of the
national
government
.
Aguilar, leader of the body in charge of managing the coronavirus pandemic, approached Governor Gustavo Sáenz with his resignation, who at the end of Thursday
asked him to continue in his post
, during a meeting held in the Interior.
A definition is expected in the next few hours.
"With the conviction of having contributed
everything humanly possible
to contribute to the fight against the Covid 19 pandemic, without expecting any consideration other than the satisfaction of having followed my professional vocation," the official wrote in a letter released at sunset of this Thursday.
In that letter he left
harsh questions
about the presence of the President in Salta and the irruption of Kirchnerist militants in the acts of Martín Miguel de Güemes.
And he also made his defense
against the measures of the Casa Rosada
against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Francisco Aguilar, president of the COE in Salta.
Photo Government of Salta
In this sense, he expressed his "
concern over the events
that occurred on the occasion of the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the death of our gaucho hero, General Martín Miguel de Güemes."
He thus referred to the
sudden entry of militants
from the Evita Movement and the Classist and Combative Current who -after breaking into the act this Wednesday night- sought to
get to the hotel where Fernández stayed
to greet him, adding chaos and tension in the operation .
"Due to
political motivations that I do not share
and was unaware of, the entry of supporters of the President of the Nation was authorized in an attitude that constituted
an affront to the people of Salta
and the effort that society has been making to combat this pandemic," he said about the incidents, which left albertism at the center of the controversy.
And he
criticized in strong terms
the actions of the national government.
"The erratic and contradictory health policy of the national government can
seriously affect the situation of the pandemic
, by transmitting to the community the feeling that
individual and collective efforts
made in order to protect public health
are not valued
," said Aguilar.
He also warned about the provincial situation.
Salta is "very at the limit" in his sanitary capacity, he had told
El Tribuno a
few hours before.
"The corresponding authorities will have to take action after this."
His resignation had been preceded by strong statements from the provincial government, which
pointed to the Presidency for the disbandments
on Wednesday night.
Governor Gustavo Sáenz and President Alberto Fernández.
"It was a
directive given by the President
of the Nation through the Secretary General and the Casa Militar," said Juan Manuel Pulleiro,
Minister of Provincial Security
.
"
Five members of Casa Rosada appeared
with the directive of the President of the Nation to let them pass to the door of the hotel
where the President wanted to receive them
, greet them. That's how it was. Then they deconcentrated. They were not part of the acts," he added.
However, groups of gauchos
withdrew from the vigil
before the irruption of the K organizations in a space that had been limited to them by epidemiological prevention.
For his part, Governor
Sáenz announced an investigation
: "I asked the Military House to tell us who was responsible."
"It seemed to me a lack of respect for the people of Salta and all those who could not participate in the tribute to our beloved general. If any official, any deputy, national deputy, carried out this action, he really has to take responsibility because he is doing him a disservice to the President and all his entourage having done this that is not appropriate, "said the governor.
From the Casa Rosada, Wado de Pedro spoke, who
came to the crossroads
of Pulleiro's
accusations
.
"The President
did not authorize any exception
to the restriction norms that exist in the national territory," said the Interior Minister, according to the site
El Tribuno
.
Gonzalo Quilodran, director of the National Communications Agency (ENACOM), spoke in the same vein.
"The Minister of Security, Juan Pulleiro, is untrue. The President did not authorize the entry of militants in any way," he tweeted.
The Minister of Security @JuanMPulleiro is wrong.
The President @alferdez did NOT authorize the entry of militants in any way.
The priority of the president and the nac government continues to be the care and vaccination of Argentines.
THE PANDEMIC DID NOT END pic.twitter.com/S6C4cKES7N
- Gonzalo Quilodran (@GonzaQuilodran) June 17, 2021
At the end of this Thursday it transpired that Governor Sáenz decided to evaluate the task of the provincial Ministry of Security during the protests.
Restrictions, incidents and "rebellion"
Due to the pandemic, the Salta authorities imposed restrictions on the usual activities to commemorate Güemes, a gaucho hero.
Just on the
bicentennial
of his Passage to Immortality, the number of attendees at the Vigil under the stars was limited to one hundred, at the foot of the monument to the hero.
In addition,
the
traditional parade
through the streets of Salta
was
postponed until
November
.
The restrictions, added to the malaise over the economic situation, prompted hundreds of Salta residents to take to the streets to
protest against the presence
of Alberto Fernández.
In this context of social moodiness, the President participated in the vigil in the midst of a fierce security operation to prevent the protesters from approaching him.
There,
Kirchner militants evaded the checkpoints
and, with drums and flags, went to the hotel where Alberto F. stayed, a few meters from the monument.
Gauchos de Güemes at the foot of the monument in Salta after the act of Alberto Fernández.
Photo Javier Corbalán / El Tribuno
The gaucho representatives, in protest, sang the National Anthem, the Hymn to Güemes and leave the place.
Thus, the hero did not have the guard of his people.
Before, some of his representatives exchanged a few words with Fernández.
Traditionalist groups expressed their discontent on Thursday.
They denounced that it was a
"revanchism of the Government"
maneuver
after the protests and even dedicated a public letter to the president.
Despite the postponement of the parade, a convocation quickly circulated on social networks to honor Güemes this Thursday at 5:00 p.m.
In this way, hundreds of salteños approached the monument for a
"Ponchazo"
.
There they remembered Güemes and were even able to bring him some offerings.
They also continued to vent their anger at the President for what they considered an "affront."
While they, dressed in their ponchos, demonstrated, the crisis reached the political offices with the resignation of Aguilar.
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